Why I’m Going to Burma (Myanmar)

When word got out I was thinking of taking a group to Burma this November, I received this email:

Dear Mr. Bangs: I strongly advise you to drop travel to Burma. The treatment of the Rohingy minority is so appalling that I feel that no one should be visiting that country…

This is not the first cease and desist-style communication I’ve received about travel to a destination whose politics are at odds with our own. When I received a permit to take a first group of Americans to The People’s Republic of China in read more >>>